A Lovely Curtain Call!!!

Last Sunday brought a lovely experience with a darling bride- A Gujarati Indian wedding in the unique setting of the One World Theater in Austin.

What a fantastic production indeed- from the eclectic setting, to the dramatic lighting, and most impressive of all, the program guide was custom designed to look like a premier theatrical production hand out! Very creative indeed.

My Bride- gorgeous undoubtedly, wore a lovely beige and red lehnga with lush crystals and antique metal bullion. We chose to do a 60's bollywood starlet inspired look with a 21st century influence. Dark Kohl lined eyes, extended winged eyeliner, long lashes, chiseled features and soft shimmery lips all in hues of golds, dull reds and bronze-

Bravo on the production and for the look... Encore!

 

From Goddess to Princess- A Tamil Bride

Halloween weekend was an exciting one for Studio Sila. While we didn't get to play dress up, we did have a fantastic time offering services of photography and makeup at a very grand wedding in Houston.

The exciting part was that hours before i left for Houston i had to have emergency dental surgery to extract 4 wisdom teeth! Cannot thank my compassionate dentists enough for giving me enough medicine to numb the pain for the travel and work.

So starting at 6 a.m on Saturday morning, the look my bride wanted was natural glamor and with her lush thick hair in curls. We worked with old gold, rich gold, bronze, maroon and olive green for the eyes with black kohl, defined cheeks with a subtle hint of color and copper based lips. The hair was half up with a poof and down with huge soft curls. By the time we were done, she looked nothing less than an Indian Goddess! The oohs and wows were echoing through the ballroom as she made her entrance carried by uncles and cousins in a lotus shaped basket!


For the reception, it was all out glitz and shimmer. A splendid silvery pink outfit loaded with crystals and custom re-designed with a crinoline petticoat created a Cinderella ball gown effect. My bride opted for side swept large curls accented with pink orchids and crystals. The eyes were steel gray, silver and pink, loads of kohl, sculpted cheeks and soft pink lips- A princess indeed!

Photo-credits: Tk@studiosila.com

The Nail Story

Mehndi is an adornment of the South Asian bride that is both a marvelous piece of art and is one amazing aphrodisiac :)
So the nail design and mehndi are two parts of the wedding look that carry over to the post wedding and honeymoon and many brides for this reason choose the french manicure as their nail design.
While the french manicure may look extremely neat and very classy on a day to day basis, it doesn't always work out with the mehndi. Mehndi gets darker 48 hours after its initial application and the more your body temperature rises, the deeper it appears! And that can become too stark a contrast with the white tips- Here are my recommendations for nail color and design-
If you are wearing a red, maroon or orange theme that has gold accents and wish to stay away from those colors for the nails good alternates are:
1. Champagne or light sand shimmering nail color
2. Taupe color with copper tips (shorter nails only)


For pink, blue, green outfits that may have silver detailing
1. American manicure but with pearl tips (no white or creame please)
2. Sheer silver nail polish (it doesnt look tacky)
3. Diamond dust or very subtle glitter solars

Airbrush design on the nails is a personal preference but can some times look a bit too busy with the intricate mehndi design on the hands.

If getting solars or acrylics, do request a slightly rounded square tip and get them done atleast 4 days before the wedding event start as the cuticle area can throb or hurt the day after the nails are put on!

Happy nail styling!
XOXO
Saman

A garba/ sangeet session

Good friday, traffic like it was thanksgiving and a windy spring day all came together for the Garba/Sangeet night session for a beautiful bride!

As we travelled all over town from her Parents house in Round Rock, to lunch at Madras Pavillion, switching luggage and cars and into South Austin towards the hotel braving the traffic chaos on I-35, it was music and chit chat and time just flew by.

Every one kept asking, Saman are you her friend? From College?

:D

Once at the hotel we took over the suite gently moving the groom's family out of there and in 2 hours we created an elegant look for my dear bride in shimmering nudes and green for her red and burnt orange outfit.

Hope the photoshoot at the botannical gardens was a good one girl- and I cannot wait to work with you for the wedding and reception looks!

XOXO

Saman